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Definition of Tussle
1. Noun. Disorderly fighting.
Generic synonyms: Combat, Fight, Fighting, Scrap
Derivative terms: Scuffle
2. Verb. Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters. "The drunken men started to scuffle"
3. Verb. Make messy or untidy. "The child mussed up my hair"
Definition of Tussle
1. v. i. & t. To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.
2. n. A struggle; a scuffle.
Definition of Tussle
1. Noun. A physical fight or struggle. ¹
2. Verb. To have a tussle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tussle
1. to struggle [v -SLED, -SLING, -SLES] - See also: struggle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tussle
Literary usage of Tussle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"... while the exhausted grocer sits on the lowest seat and exercises hn faculties
in a magnificent but impotent tussle witt the credit system. ..."
2. The Okavango River: A Narrative of Travel, Exploration and Adventure by Charles John Andersson (1861)
"tussle with the Lion while on the Ground.—Terribly mutilated.—The Lion shot by
D while mangling his Victim.—The Narrator's Account confirmed by his runaway ..."
3. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... a-head—A tussle with a Trout—Pitching the Camp—Islands in the Lake—A merry meal.
NOVA SCOTIA, as has been before observed, is thickly sprinkled with ..."
4. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"Nova Scotian Lakes—Commencement of Fly-Fishing— A Professional Angler—Margaret's
Bay Road—Spruce Beer—A Rock a-head—A tussle with a Trout—Pitching the ..."
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